life-insurance

We always want the best for our family and life is full of uncertainties. There is an 'IF' in 'LIFE'. Hence planning for the contingencies and taking concrete steps to secure our family's future is of utmost importance. For there is no way to ascertain as to when one might lose the ability to provide for them due to disability or the sudden loss of life.

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Term Plans

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Endowment Plans

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ULIP Plans

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Pension Plans

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Business Protection Plans

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Employee Benefit Plans

What is Life Insurance?

Life insurance is a guarantee that your family will receive financial support, even in your absence. Put simply, life insurance provides your family with a sum of money should something happen to you. It thus permanently protects your family from financial crises.

Need for Life Insurance

Today, there is no shortage of investment options for a person to choose from. Modern day investments include gold, property, fixed income instruments, mutual funds and of course, life insurance. Given the plethora of choices, it becomes imperative to make the right choice when investing your hard-earned money. Life insurance is a unique investment that helps you to meet your dual needs - saving for life's important goals and protecting your assets. Let us look at these unique benefits of life insurance in detail.

Why Insurance Planning is required?

People these days are prone to many diseases as a result of which the longevity of life is also reduced. Thus it gets important to take an appropriate risk cover and give your family a financially secure future.

Loans & Liabilities:

Insurance policy also helps to cover up one's loans and liabilities. The house one buys for our shelter, we would never want to let it go. Thus an insurance policy can help one to cover the loan liabilities.

How much Life Cover should one take?

Calculating how much life insurance you need is one of the most important financial decisions you will ever make. It should never be an isolated decision depending only on how much of a premium you can afford.

How much cover do I need? How to Calculate?  
 

Rule1: Income Replacement Value (Rule of Thumb)

This is one of the basic methods of insurance calculation and is based on your current annual income.

Insurance needs = annual income X number of years left for retirement.

Let's say your annual income is Rs 5,00,000. And you are 45 years old with 15 more years for retirement.

In this case your insurance cover equals Rs. 5,00,000 X 15 = Rs 75,00,000.

Another way in which income replacement works is to multiply the annual income by 10 (also known as Income Replacement Multiplier).

Rule 2: Human Life Value (HLV)

This method of calculating life insurance is based on contribution that one makes and would have made to her/his family in case of sudden demise. So HLV is defined as the present value of all future income that you could expect to earn for your family's benefit. It also includes other value you expect to contribute, less personal expenses, life insurance premiums and taxes through your planned retirement date.

So if your age is 35 yrs old, your annual income is 20 lacs and your personal expenses are 5 lac. Assuming inflation rate of 5% p.a. and that you plan to work till 60 yrs, your HLV will be ` 2,21,97,963.

Rule3: Total Needs Approach

In this method, you can assess your needs -- and the needs of your loved ones -- and make a calculated assessment. The most critical factors are the number of dependents you have and their needs. Other major factors to consider are:

  • Loans Payoff

  • Kind of lifestyle you want to provide to your family

  • Provision for non-working spouse who would no longer get an income

  • Child's Education

  • Child's Marriage

  • Providing for financially dependent parents

  • Special needs

  • Dreams and aspirations such as contributing to charitable causes

When to start for your Insurance Planning?  
 

Look at the table below:

It shows the premium amounts that an individual at different ages would pay for a risk cover of Rs. 1 Crore for 20 years.

Age

  • 25

  • 30

  • 35

  • 40

  • 45

  • 50

Annual Premium

  • 9700

  • 11050

  • 14750

  • 22025

  • 34375

  • 56625

There is a difference in the premium amount if you take insurance at later ages. This is because the probability of diseases is larger at high ages and mortality is high.

Life Insurance Savings Plan:

Savings and investments go hand in hand. In fact small amount of money saved magically compounds into a good lump sum amount in future which can be utilized to fulfill one's financial goals and thus results in wealth creation for future. The earlier one starts to plan for wealth creation, the earlier and conveniently the goals of life can be met.

Why is Savings / Investments required?  
 

1. Asset purchase needs are fulfilled

Savings and investments result in wealth creation for an individual. He can use his savings or the lump sum amount that he has created for purchasing any asset he wants and can fulfill his cherished dream.

2. Disciplined savings to curb wasteful expenditures

Insurance inculcates the habit of regular and disciplined savings, which is the key to successful long term financial planning. Pay your premiums regularly and enjoy the uninterrupted benefits of wealth insurance.

3. Tax benefits

Apart from protection and savings, wealth insurance plans also offer tax benefits as per prevailing tax laws.

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